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David Dorsey
Starting a new journey
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overview
David Dorsey is currently a Partner at 11.2 Capital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a background as a Lead Engineer at Lockheed Martin and a Research Engineer at ACIN Camden Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology. He has a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University and is actively involved in investing in startups in sectors such as DeepTech, Robotics, and AI, focusing on diverse and female founders.
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - 2024
Principal
2021 - 2022
Early stage investments in deep tech: AI/ML, data infrastructure, hardware, transportation, space, energy and materials
Board Member
2021 - 2024
Coalesce develops a data management software to automate data operations.
Raised $81,920,000.00 from Hyperlink Ventures, 11.2 Capital, Industry Ventures, Snowflake Ventures, Bob Muglia, Emergence Capital, Titanium Ventures, Next Legacy Partners, DNX Ventures and GreatPoint Ventures.
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Sepion is an advanced membrane company offering a platform suite of highly-tunable nanoscale membranes for multiple industrial markets.
Raised $33,500,000.00 from California Energy Commission and CALSTART.
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
Mantle is metal 3D printing company that has developed technology for precision metal components such as tooling.
Raised $58,000,000.00 from Schooner Capital, Foundation Capital, 11.2 Capital, Corazon Capital, Build Collective and Fine Structure Venture.
Board Observer
2021 - 2024
OSK is a satellite-based hyperspectral monitoring service helping organizations meet their sustainability and security goals.
Raised $55,401,738.00 from ONEOK, 11.2 Capital, University of Minnesota, Energy Innovation Capital, Syndicate 708, Williams and In-Q-Tel.
Mentor
2021 - 2023
Duality is the first-of-its-kind accelerator aimed at supporting next-generation startups focused on quantum science and technology. The 12-month program provides world-class business and entrepreneurship training from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Polsky Center, and the networks, facilities, and programming from the Chicago Quantum Exchange, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Argonne National Laboratory, and P33. In my role as a mentor, I support founders as they grow and scale their companies.
Duality is a accelerator program in the nation exclusively dedicated to supporting innovative quantum startups.
Principal
2020 - 2021
Senior Associate
2016 - 2020
Member of the tech investment team at OUP, a VC fund specializing in university spinouts. My focus areas included enterprise software, databases, networking, security, and ML/AI.
OUP is a venture capital fund investing in start-ups that commercialize university research.
Lead Engineer
2009 - 2016
Engineer and principal investigator for multiple DARPA programs applying ML to RF spectrum applications
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company specialized in advanced technology systems, products and services.
Raised $62,016,440.00 from Air Force Research Laboratory, United States Air Force, NYSERDA and NYSERDA.
Research Engineer
2002 - 2007
Established in 2001, the ACIN Camden Technology Center is tasked with commercializing new technologies and fostering growth in private-sector companies that are developing new technologies and products to be used in military and commercial applications.
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Taking “Ls” in Stride
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